ROBERT MISE was born on 8 October 1854 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky. Robert’s mother’s name is whether Laurina or Levina, this may be a corruption of the name Malvina but that has yet to be determined. Robert is listed being 16 years old on the 1870 Kentucky Census of Rockcastle County, Kentucky and living in the residence of John and Vina Tyre. d. 30 Nov 1874 Rockcastle Co KY: John Tyre was a cabinet maker from the state of North Carolina. He is listed as dying from “cold and fever in Rockcastle County.”